The kindness of strangers…

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When my mother in law died I brought one of her dresses to a dry cleaners in Saratoga for one day cleaning so we could have her buried in a favorite dress of hers. I just remembered that the owner waited on me and wouldn’t let me pay for it. I never said what it was for but she had read the obit in the paper. There are really nice people all over and sometimes we forget that.

Some people are generous and very concerned about other people. Very nice gesture.

I believe I mentioned this elsewhere, but we received a gift card from “Santa” one year when we had both been ill. To this day, I’ll never know who sent it. The person intentionally wrote in chicken scratch.

I work in healthcare and a patient came in the other day for a very serious medical procedure. He was the nicest/sweetest man one has ever met. Our nurses/ staff took very good care of him (nothing out of the ordinary) and sent him on his way. Not an hour after he left, a fruit basket showed up to show his appreciation.

Just when I started to lose faith in the human race, he was an angel in disguise! I will never forget him.

I love stories like this. People ARE good. For some reason we just happen to hear more about the bad ones. Thankfully they are in the minority.
Thank you for sharing your stories. Your blog is one of my favorites. Take care and God Bless.

Thank you so much for sharing your heart and thoughts with us. I am the Mom of a child with a very serious medical condition and I feel very connected to you and understand how you feel. There ARE wonderful people out there, like yourself. I like to think of them as angels here on earth here to help lift us up when we need it the most. Thank you for being an angel . You help me to remember through reading all your blogs that I can make it, be happy, and see the beauty in life even through the worry.

I have been making it a point this year to increase my kind acts towards strangers! I have experienced first-hand how a kind act by a stranger can change the trajectory of ones mood for weeks even. A lot of my motivation has been inspired by an amazing documentary project I have had the great fortune to work on called American Bear. It simply a beautiful exploration of the kindness that strangers exhibit in this country. The couple who made the project went around the country for 60 days relying on the kindness of strangers for shelter each night and documented their experience. The insight that they shed on this underexposed subject is so powerful! Check out the website here: AmericanBearFilm.com

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